Status Launched
Launch Date Q3'12
Vertical Segment Server
Cable Medium Copper
Cabling Type RJ-45 Category-6 up to 55 m; Category-6A up to 100 m
Bracket Height Low Profile and Full Height
Recommended Customer Price N/A
Product Brief Link
Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2012 R2*, Windows Server 2012*, Windows 8*, Windows Server 2008 R2*, Windows 7*, Windows Server 2008* SP2, Windows Vista* SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2*, Windows Server 2003* SP2, Linux* Stable Kernel version 3.x, 2.6,x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5, 6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server* 10, 11, FreeBSD 9*, VMware ESX/ESXi*

-Networking Specifications
# of Ports Single
System Interface Type PCIe 2.1 (5.0 GT/s)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (VT-c) Yes
Speed & Slot Width 5.0 GT/s, x8 Lane
Controller Intel X540

-Package Specifications
Low Halogen Options Available See MDDS

-Advanced Technologies
iWARP/RDMA No
Intel® Ethernet Power Management No
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology Yes
Intelligent Offloads Yes
Storage Over Ethernet iSCSI, FCoE, NFS

-Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity
On-chip QoS and Traffic Management Yes
Flexible Port Partitioning Yes
Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) Yes
PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable Yes